To Live and Die in L.A.
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Synopsis
A Secret Service agent becomes obsessed with catching a ruthless counterfeiter.
Cast
- Jane Leeves
- Willem Dafoe
- Michael Higgins
- Chris Latanzi
- Shaun Earl
- William Petersen
- John Pankow
- Debra Feuer
- John Turturro
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- Sep 24, 2019
This is the kind of movie where when someone gets shot, their head explodes, the blood is super bright red, and Wang Chung is playing. Masterpiece.
Patrick WillemsMar 26, 2023i basically snorted this movie off my television. Robby Müller forever.
davidehrlichNov 2, 2016William Friedkin’s thematic extension/reversal of The French Connection with gritty 70s semi documentary given to 80s synthetic artifice (all warm colors, decadent behavior, modernist architecture). This would be a gem for Robby Mueller great cinematography alone. It is…
Filipe Furtado - Mar 29, 2016
Well that's one way to end a film.
Eli HayesApr 4, 2023cautionary tale for swaggy guys everywhere
fran hoepfnerMay 8, 2017Purely quintessential 80's cinema- a blood laced, coke-induced thrill ride set to the timeless backdrop of a neon sunset and the eternally melodic bars of Wang Chung. Possibly William Friedkin's masterpiece.
Wesley R. Ball - Aug 25, 2024
Love that Friedkin frames bastardry as something cops pass down from partner to partner like an infection
SrirachachauJun 11, 2014Friedkin car chases > other car chases, because in a Friedkin film everyone's already careening wildly toward death; cars let them do it even faster.
Alex EngquistMar 19, 2025The spiritual LA sequel to The French Connection in which Friedkin finds in Bill Peterson's Richard Chance a cop somehow more loathsome and terrible at his job than 'Popeye' Doyle, and a criminal, in Dafoe's master counterfeiter Rick Masters, even smoother and cooler than…
Will Menaker
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- mason williams lovedTo Live and Die in L.A.
One of my very favorite movies! I see this as being about raw determination and the unpredictability of life. I have seen this more times than I can count and it still gets better with nearly every viewing.
Platypus Lord likedTo Live and Die in L.A.I have a feeling Willem is not Dafriend in this one. Sordid crime thriller pulsating w/ a cool, utterly 80s Wang Chung soundtrack. A disturbing showcase of the corrosive power of obsession & compromises to integrity. Always love to see Dafoe. And that was one excellent car chase.
Da channel Fire likedTo Live and Die in L.A.I feel like this movie was shot really well and was visually interesting. super 80s vibe and I liked the epic theme. some of the dialogue felt super weird and lots of scenes are extremely horny. the "main" character is extremely unlikable, on purpose though. The end was Buddhist!
- Nick Dubberly lovedTo Live and Die in L.A.
I haven’t seen a lot of films with William Petersen, but he’s a badass in this, from the half unbuttoned shirts with a leather jacket, to his full frontal scene. It definitely has that William Friedkin feel to it, it’s The French Connection of the 80s, I think I liked it more.
grace lovedTo Live and Die in L.A.william peterson AND willem dafoe are so insanely hot in this, seeing w peterson be so intense was life-altering 😩 it has some really great action, some brutal death scenes and nudity- BE PREPARED. one of the few movies i’ve seen where everyone involved is morally corrupt.
V likedTo Live and Die in L.A.I saw this 4ever ago and all I remember was the backdrop & Wang Chung. Lots of actors that weren’t really anyone at the time. Grissom:CSI VEGAS/Daphne Frasier/Ira Mad About you and even the boos on office space!! Oh full frontal -shocking for 1985.
- Jimmy Cricket likedTo Live and Die in L.A.
A gritty 70s story done in the 80s. This starred a lot of big actors before they were so well known. The car chase here is easily one of the best, matching Friedkin’s earlier one in The French Connection.
Jacob Hall lovedTo Live and Die in L.A.Really colorful and stylistic action film. Dafoe plays a great antagonist. One of the better car chase scenes I've watched. Friedkin just cemented himself in my top 10 favorite directors
Mickerdoo likedTo Live and Die in L.A.They really put their foot in it. Probably should have just shot him. Renegade operation gone wrong.
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Metacritic
In the hierarchy of great movie chase sequences, the recent landmarks include the chases under the Brooklyn elevated tracks in The French Connection down the hills of San Francisco in Bullitt and through the Paris Metro in Diva. Those chases were not only thrilling in their own right, but they also reflected the essence of the cities where they took place. Now comes William Friedkin, director of The French Connection, with a new movie that contains another chase that belongs on that short list.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
To Live and Die in L.A. is Mr. Friedkin at his glossiest, a great-looking, riveting movie without an iota of warmth or soul. On its own terms, it's a considerable success, though it's a film that sacrifices everything in the interests of style.
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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